Much of the attention on Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca has been on their Covid-19 vaccine efforts, and here is a look at what else is going on with these companies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Lupkynis (voclosporin) in combination with a background immunosuppressive therapy regimen to treat adult patients with active lupus nephritis.
Common cold antibodies hold clues to Covid-19 behavior; lung scans speed Covid-19 diagnosis in stroke patients
Adults, Children, Common cold antibodies, Computed Tomography (CT) Scans, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Covid-19 Pneumonia, Emergency Rooms, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Infected Cells, Lung Imaging, Medical Journals, Novel Coronavirus, Science, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), StrokesIn a Reuters roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, common cold antibodies yield clues to Covid-19 behavior.
AstraZeneca’s Brilinta (ticagrelor) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with acute ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack.
Anthos Therapeutics is developing next-generation anticoagulants that do not have the bleeding risks that current blood thinners have.
Severe Covid-19 riskier than heart attack for young adults; antibiotic shows no benefit
African-Americans, Antibiotics, Antimalarial, Azithromycin, Clinical Studies, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Heart Attacks, Hispanics, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Hydroxychloroquine, Lung Damage, Middle-Aged Adults, R&D, Surveys, Young AdultsA roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
A federal court upheld patent claims regarding Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer’s Eliquis, which blocks generic rivals from carving out a share of the market for at least six years.
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly announced that the EMPEROR-Reduced Phase III trial in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, with and without diabetes, met the primary endpoint.
AstraZeneca released positive data from the Phase III THALES trial of Brilinta (ticagrelor) used twice a day with an aspirin.
FDA approval for Brilinta, EU recommendation for Lynparza
Approvals, Blockbusters, BRCA mutation, Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), Coronavirus Vaccines, European Medicines Agency, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Heart Attacks, Metastatic pancreatic cancer, New Indications, Product Pipeline, Shares, StrokesBritain’s AstraZeneca clinched expanded regulatory backing for two medications, including one for the blockbuster cancer treatment Lynparza, in a development pipeline that now includes a possible coronavirus vaccine.